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To: ConservativeDude; tickmeister
Oerter & Lewis share the record for (4) consecutive Olympic golds in the same event.

As tickmeister pointed out, Oerter set Olympic records each time. Lewis did not (no one has bested Bob Beamon's 1968 Mexico City effort).

But were it not for Lewis, Oerter would have I think the record in track and field for consecutive Olympic golds.

23 posted on 10/02/2007 1:31:54 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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To: Ready4Freddy

no one has bested Bob Beamon’s 1968 Mexico City effort”

Actually, Mike Powell currently holds the world record. He broke it in the 1992 world championships in a showdown with Lewis.


24 posted on 10/02/2007 1:51:04 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Ready4Freddy

But you are correct in that Beamon’s olympic record stands, absolutely.


25 posted on 10/02/2007 1:57:06 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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